FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 25, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed HOU by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–95.

Final
NJN90
CLE93
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
WAS83
IND78
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +5
Final
DAL93
ORL98
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +5
Final
HOU95
NYK102
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -6; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +7
Final
MIA69
SAS84
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +15
Final
ATL86
POR89
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +3
Final
DET75
SAC81
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +6
Final
LAC98
LAL109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +11
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2001–02Feb 25, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Rasheed Wallace (POR @ PHI), 29 points.
The lead · HOU @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 10-point hole against Houston

Down 10 after one, the Knicks won the fourth quarter 32–26 and the game 102–95. Allan Houston led New York with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-6+1+7NYK AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3224132695
NYK22282032102
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 32, 26, 53, 27, 22, 17, 13, 28NYK28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shandon AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 11, 2, 8, 4, 4, 18, 11, 14NYK14 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 8, 10, 16, 22, 16, 29, 31, 25HOU25 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 15, 10, 24, 12, 18, 18, 9, 24HOU24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.8Season avg41.0Last 5

41.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg44.9Today

45 minutes today, against 23.4 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · DET @ SAC

Sacramento climbs back to beat Detroit

Detroit led by 9 after one. Sacramento won it 81–75. Chris Webber led Sacramento with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs DET
Chris Webber · SACRichard Hamilton · DETPTS1918REB134AST02Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 33

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 19, 33, 20, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33LAL vs LAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40, 41, 32LAL vs LAC · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 28, 6, 21, 12, 31, 10, 26, 31NJN @ CLE · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 20, 18, 5, 10, 11, 19, 16, 29CLE vs NJN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 32, 26, 53, 27, 22, 17, 13, 28NYK vs HOU · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 32, 35, 37, 36, 24, 52, 46, 26ORL vs DAL · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Kobe BryantLAL+12.0 42.8 last 10 · 30.8 season
Michael JordanWAS+6.6 26.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.7 23.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.4 28.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.0 11.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.5 17.4 last 10 · 21.9 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−3.9 7.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Andre MillerLAC−3.7 10.6 last 10 · 14.3 season